1989-93 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Rhode Island School of Design. USA

1993 Alumni award for outstanding achievement, Rhode Island School of Design, USA

2024, Broken Head, Arthouse Gallery, Sydney

2023, In Return, Arthouse Gallery, Sydney

2022, Garden of Ruins, Scott Livesey Gallery

2021, Hearthstone, Arthouse Gallery, Sydney

2020, Providence, Arthouse Gallery, Sydney

2019, Child of the Storm, Scott Livesey Gallery, Melbourne

2017 Endurance, Arthouse Gallery, Sydney

2017 Endurance, Nancy Fairfax Artist in Residence, Tweed River Regional Gallery, NSW 

2017 Surrender, Tweed River Regional Gallery, NSW

2016 Rishi, Scott Livesey Galleries, Melbourne

2015 The Need of the Time, Scott Livesey Galleries, Melbourne

2015 Owls of Kyoto, Arthouse Gallery, Sydney

2015 Surrender, Art15 Art Fair, London, Cat Street Gallery

2014 Surrender, Survey Exhibition, Manly Art Gallery & Museum, Sydney

2013 Surrender Tree, Arthouse Gallery, Sydney

2012 The Tongue Has No Bone, Scott Livesey Galleries, Melbourne

2011 Two Rivers, Cat Street Gallery, Hong Kong

2010 River Song, Arthouse Gallery, Sydney

2010 River Music, Scott Livesey Gallery, Melbourne

2009 Child Of The Moon, Hawkesbury River, Scott Livesey Gallery, Melbourne

2008 Hawkesbury River, Motherland, Art House Gallery, Sydney

2007 Hawkesbury River - Death Bird Series, Scott Livesey Gallery, Melbourne

2006 Hawkesbury River, Melbourne Art Fair, Art House Gallery

2006 Hawkesbury River, Art House Gallery, Sydney

2005 Bird Nest Diaries, Scott Livesey Gallery, Melbourne

2004 Bird Nest Diaries, Art House Gallery, Sydney

2003 The Clay Brothers - A Prayer for Fertility, Scott Livesey Gallery, Melbourne

2003 A Prayer for Fertility, Sydney Art Fair, Fox Studios

2002 Solitude's Bride Series, Art House Gallery, Sydney

2002 Solitude's Bride Series, Melbourne Art Fair, Melbourne

2001 Eucalyptus, Art House Gallery, Sydney

1999 Colo River, Art House Gallery, Melbourne

1999 Solitude & Prayer, Art House Gallery, Sydney

1998 Paradise is a Bird, Art House Gallery, Sydney

1997 The Hunger Artist, Art House Gallery, Sydney

1996 Viola and the Emu Catcher, Art House Gallery, Sydney

I2023 ‘Triennial’, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC

2023 Art House Gallery at Sydney Contemporary Art Fair

2023 ‘Paper & Clay’, Arthouse Gallery, Sydney

2022 ‘Summer’, Arthouse Gallery, Sydney

2021 ‘Coming Home’, Arthouse Gallery, Sydney

2021 ‘Summer Salon’, Arthouse Gallery, Sydney

2020 ‘Portraits Project’, Manly Art Gallery & Museum, NSW

2020 ‘Renewal’, Arthouse Gallery, Sydney

2020 ‘Arthouse Presents 2020’, Arthouse Gallery, Sydney

2019 ‘Love’, Tweed Regional Gallery & Margaret Olley Art Centre, Murwillumbah, NSW

2019 Scott Livesey Galleries at Sydney Contemporary Art Fair

2019 Art House Gallery at Sydney Contemporary Art Fair

2018 ‘Cabinets of Curiosity’, Installation with Sibella Court, Rigg Design Prize, NGV

2018 Art House Gallery at Sydney Contemporary Art Fair

2017 Imagine, Gippsland Art Gallery, Victoria

2016 Cutting Edge - 21 St Century Photography - Monash Gallery of Art, Victoria

2016 Ku-ring-gai pH: art + science project, Manly Art Gallery & Museum, Sydney

2015 The Salon, Scott Livesey Galleries, Melbourne

2014 Twenty Fourteen, Scott Livesey Galleries, Melbourne

2013 Wonderworks, Cat Street Gallery, Hong Kong

2011 Wattle – Australian Artists, Cat Street Gallery, Hong Kong

2010 Hong Kong Art Fair, Cat Street Gallery, Hong Kong

2008 Group Show ‘08, Scott Livisey Galleries, Melbourne 

2006 Sulman prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales

2006 Flaming Youth, Orange Regional Gallery

2005 Selected, Mosman Art Prize, New South Wales

2003 Biennial Sydney Art on Paper Fair, Sydney

2003 Selected, Mosman Art Prize, New South Wales

2003 Ned Kelly Framed, The National Trust of Australia, S. H. Ervin Gallery

2000 Art House Gallery, Biennial Melbourne Art Fair, Melbourne.

1999 An Affair to Remember, Art Sauce, Singapore.

1997 A Taste in Art: Next Generation of Great Australian Artists, Sotheby's Sydney 

1997 Zoo, Art House Gallery, Sydney

1997 Westpac Art Awards, Skeggs Redlands, Sydney

1997 Tattersall's Landscape Art Awards, Brisbane, Queensland

1996 Australian Artists Exhibition, Cranbrook School, Sydney

1996 Teresa Burns Exhibition of Australian Artists, Westpac, Sydney

2023 Salon des Refusés People’s Choice Prize Winner, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney 

2021 Salon des Refusés, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney 

2020 Salon des Refusés People’s Choice Prize Winner, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney 

2020 Artist in Residence, Capella Lodge, Lorde Howe Island, NSW

2019 Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales 

2018 Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales 

2017 Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales

2017 Nancy Fairfax Artist Residency recipient, Tweed Regional Gallery, NSW 

2016 Redlands Prize, Sydney (Second place)

2015 Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales 

2014 Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales 

2013 Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales 

2013 Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales 

2012 Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales 

2011 Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales 

2010 Salon des Refuses, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney 

2009 Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales 

2006 Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales 

2005 Mosman Art Prize, New South Wales

2003 Mosman Art Prize, New South Wales

2002 Universities and Schools Club Prize, Sydney

2000 Commission, Australian Stock Exchange, Sydney

1998 Selected Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales

1995 Australian Young Achiever Awards, New South Wales State Finalist, Career Achievement Award, (Arts Division), The Queen's Trust Award

1993 Alumni award for outstanding achievement, Rhode Island School of Design, USA

National Gallery of Victoria

Mosman Art Gallery, NSW

Manly Art Gallery & Museum, NSW

University of Wollongong, NSW

Commission, Australian Stock Exchange, Sydney, NSW

BHP Billiton Collection

Mirvac Collection

Hawkesbury River Regional Gallery (on loan), NSW

Autore Pearl Collection

ACP Collection

James Packer Collection

Tweed River Regional Gallery Collection 

Frailejon (1993) ( Colour, 65 minutes), Producer, Director, Writer, Co-DOP, Co-Editor Filmed on location in the Venezuelan Andes, New York & Sydney

1982 Platform (1991)

Children of Haiti (1991)

Sauvinance (1991)

Silver Threads Among The Gold (1990)

1995 Frailejón, Best Feature Film, Heartland Film Festival, Indianapolis, USA

1995 Frailejón, Original Concept in Film (Winner), Best Director & Best Screenplay, St. Kilda Film Festival, VIC

1995 Frailejón, Innovation in Film Award, Best Australian Short Film (Nominee), Australian Teachers of Media Awards, Sydney, NSW

1994 Frailejón, Best Australian Short Film, Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards

1994 Frailejón, Best Short Film & Innovation in Film (Nominee), Best Screenplay (Nominee, Joshua Yeldham),

1994 Australian Film Industry (AFI) Awards

1993 Frailejón, Emmy Award, Best Student Film, Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, USA

1993 Frailejón, Academy Award (Oscar), Best Dramatic Student Film (Nominee), Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, USA

1993 Frailejón, Best Student Film (Winner), Eastman Kodak Awards, USA

1993 Frailejón, Dendy Awards, Sydney Film Festival, NSW

2003 The Today Show, Channel 9 - SOLITUDE’S BRIDE - Yeldham talks about his desert paintings Artist Talk, Biennial Sydney Art on Paper Fair, Byron Kennedy Hall, Fox Studios, Sydney, NSW

1999 Catalyst for Renewal Lecture Series, 'Spirituality and the Arts', Paddington, NSW, 7 April

1997 'Accidental Hero', story by Caroline Jones for 'Australian Story', ABC Television, 24 May 1994

1997 'Frailejón Wins Prestigious Emmy', for the 'Today Show', Channel 9

1997 'The Movie Show', story by Margaret Pomeranz, SBS Television

1997 'Arts Show', story by Peter Castaldi, ABC Television

1997 'Creatures of the Spotlight' for JJJ Radio /Television, 24 May

1997 'Frailejón Wins Prestigious Emmy', for the 'Today Show', Channel 9

1997 'The Movie Show', story by Margaret Pomeranz, SBS Television

1997 'Arts Show', story by Peter Castaldi, ABC Television

1997 'Creatures of the Spotlight' for JJJ Radio

Victoria Hynes 'Joshua Yeldham', Artist Profile Magazine, Iss.13, 2010

Dylan Rainforth, ‘An Artist’s Prayer to Nature’, The Age, 16 Jun 2010

ABC TV, Artists at work, 'Joshua Yeldham', 2009

William Yeoman, ‘Fertile Blend of Disciplines’, West Australian, 18 Aug 2009

Elissa Blake, ‘The Hot Seat’, Spectrum: SMH, 13 Dec 2008

John Macdonald, ‘Return of the Natural Order’, Visual Art, SMH, 6 Dec 2008

Kirsty De Garis, 'Right Now Who', Belle Magazine, Nov 2008

Annemarie Lopez 'Joshua Yeldham - Motherland' The Sydney Magazine, SMH, Nov 2008

Kelsey Munro, 'Hawkesbury River', SMH, 2006

‘Hawkesbury River’, Catalogue, Arthouse Gallery, Sydney, 2006

Victoria Hynes, 'Art: Joshua Yeldham-Bird’s Nest Diaries', SMH, 2004

Lenny Ann Low, 'Bird’s Nest Diaries', SMH Spectrum, 21 Aug 2004

Emma Nicholas, 'Desert Diary Unfolds',The Wentworth Courier, 2004

'Yeldham Family Looks to New Horizons', The Sun Herald, 9 May 2004

Janet Hawley, 'The new Kelly gang', The Age Good Weekend, 1 Mar 2003

Sharon Verghis, 'Fringe arts fight for crumbs beneath sponsors’ table' SMH, 8 Aug, 2003

Pam Walker, 'Art for everyone', The Wentworth Courier, 23 Jul 2003

'Arts & Culture Around Australia: Solitude’s Bride', The Bulletin, 11 Jun 2002

Penny Brown, 'Solo man', The Weekend Australian, 23-24 Nov 2002

Lillian Frank, 'Ghost of a chance', The Herald Sun, 12 Oct 2002

Peter Hill, 'Exhibitions: critic’s picks', SMH Metro, 8-14 Nov 2002

Lenny Ann Low, 'Grave intentions', SMH Metropolitan, 16-17 Nov 2002

Brett Thomas, 'Future Force: The Artist- Joshua Yeldham', SMH, 9 Jun 2002

Bill Ranken, 'Out there...', The Eastern Herald, 16 May 2001

'A Conversation With Joshua Yeldham', Australian Style, 1998

Daphne Guinness, 'On a Bus, in the fast lane', SMH, 2 Sept, 199

'Trust Makes Desert Bloom', The Sunday Telegraph, 1996

'Film Maker On Track To Win', The Daily Telegraph Mirror, 1996

'Filmmaker and painter', The Wentworth Courier, 1996

Tim Hilferty, 'On The Road To Stardom', SMH, 1995

Lawrence Zion, 'Celluloid Rising', Triple J Magazine, 1995

Lynden Barber, 'Joshua Is Ready to Make the Climb', SMH, 1994

Patricia Coppleson, 'Journey to Higher Ground', Cafe Magazine, 1994

Anna Maria Dell’oso, The Sydney Morning Herald, 1994

Shelley Kay, 'Time For Changing: Short Film Awards', Film News Australia, 1994

Margaret O’Shea, 'Wise Young Guy', Film News, 1994

Margaret Pomeranz, ' Extraordinarily Accomplished First Film', Gold Coast News, 1994

Jenny Rogers, 'Cranbrook Old Boy to Soar to Top', The Wentworth Courier, 1994

Lawrence Zion, 'Australian Directors: The Next Wave' Rolling Stone (Australia), 1994

Variety, ‘The Academy of Television Art & Sciences has selected its Annual College Award Winners’, Feb 18 1994